Rusin said Tuesday morning her attorney had advised her not to speak about the matter, but she did say, “I want to make it clear to the voters that I have not been charged. I was not implicated or even questioned in the matter.”

Asked if she thought the 2009 search warrant, and the marijuana growing operation it is alleged to have uncovered on her property, would be relevant to a campaign for supervisor, Rusin replied, “Honestly, I did not think that it would.”

By 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, a statement Rusin indicated she intended to email to The Mercury had not arrived.

Subsequently, on Feb. 9, 2009, police obtained a search warrant for electrical records at the property and found the bill there was split into two meters and which showed electric usage far and above the average for a property of that nature. In fact, electric use in the barn was “drastically higher” than at the house on the property, according to court records.

Police then decided to use a “thermal imaging camera” borrowed from Horsham Police to conduct a scan of the property.

That evidence was enough for police to obtain a search warrant for the property.

Upon serving the warrant on the property, which court records indicate “is listed as the property of Tiffany Rusin and as the residence of Stanley C. Brooks,” police said it had a “very strong odor of fresh marijuana.”

Police found “several rooms that were located behind false walls, in an apparent effort to hide their existence,” according to court documents. “Inside of the hidden rooms, marijuana plants of at least two stages of growth were located, as well as chemicals, soil and equipment commonly used in the indoor growth, cultivation and processing of marijuana.”

In addition to the growth lamps, police allegedly found 103 live marijuana plants in various stages of growth and 23 dried marijuana plants.

After being taken to a lab, it was confirmed that police had uncovered “approximately 12 pounds” of marijuana, court documents said.

According to the criminal complaint filed April 16, Brooks was charged: with manufacture/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance; possession of a controlled substance; possession of drug paraphernalia; and causing or risking a catastrophe.

No charges have been filed against Rusin.

Other than to say it was “an ongoing investigation,” township police declined to comment on why Rusin was not charged and why it took four years from the time the search warrant was executed to arrest Brooks.